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Biographical Resources

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Collections and Guides

• Biography Resource Center
• Literature Online - Authors
• Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

• American Women Writers:  A Critical Reference Guide                                          
  • Ref PS 147 A42 2000
• American Writers:  A Collection of Literary Biographies                                                        
  • Ref PS 129 A55
• Biography Resource Center                                                                                          
  • www.library.ucsb.edu/databases                     
• British Writers                                                                                                                        
  • Ref PR 85 B688
• Contemporary Authors                                                                                                         
  • Ref CT 100 C6
• Dictionary of Literary Biography                                                                                           
  • Ref PN 141 D52
• Index to Literary Biography                                                                                                  
  • Ref Z 6511 H38
• Literature Resource Center                                                                                            
  • www.library.ucsb.edu/databases      
• Notable American Novelists                                                                                                  
  • Ref PS 371 N68 2001